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UPDATE: DE Justin Smith (eblow) appeared on the injury report as not participating in practice. However, it doesn’t appear he’s a threat to miss his 124th straight start. Smith apparently dressed in pads for Wendnesday’s practice, but was told to sit and watch.

The 49ers put a special jersey on wide receiver Brandon Jones in practice today, to make sure no one hits him. This is Jones’s first practice since shattering his shoulder in August. I’d be surprised if he was cleared to play, but maybe he’ll be ready next week for the Vikings.

Mike Singletary shares his thoughts on the Seahawks.

Mike Singletary said was a little wishy-washy on whether he’ll continue to pound the running game.

“We’ll make some adjustments but we’re still going to be stubborn,” he said. “We’re going to do what we do.”

Singletary has obviously looked at a lot of Seattle tape and he was most impressed with their speed on defense and tempo on offense. Unlike with Arizona, where the 49ers concentrated on trying to get Kurt Warner to move and establish a different throwing point, with Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck, they might try to disrupt his first and second reads and force him to hold the ball more. Consequently, one should expect a lot of movement pre-snap by the defense. The 49ers did a lot of that on third down against Arizona, with several of their pass rushers not even settling into stances. It caused some confusion.

“We got to make him work for what he gets,” Singletary said of Hasselbeck. “Try to take some of those (options) away in a presnap read.”

I talked to an NFL scout recently who provided a rundown on the 49ers draft picks:

1. Michael Crabtree: “We had him at the end of the first round, even the second round. He doesn’t run all that well, and we heard some things about his attitude. He might be just a system guy.” Meaning playing in the spread offense could have inflated his numbers.

2. Glen Coffee: “Tough guy from the SEC. But I don’t know if he’ll be anything more than a backup.”

3. Scott McKillop: “Another guy who’s just kind of a backup player.”

4. Nate Davis: “A stud. I saw six games and he didn’t throw a bad pass. He’s Mark Sanchez.”